Contract negotiations with Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez
are on hold until the end of the season, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said today.
Chile striker Sanchez, the club's top scorer in the
Premier League this season with 18 goals, and Germany international midfielder
Ozil both have just over a year remaining on their contracts.
"At the moment we have not got an agreement,"
Wenger said of Sanchez, who is currently on
international duty and has been
tipped to leave Arsenal in the summer as frustrations grow.
"We have decided to focus on the end of the season
and talk about it during the summer. It is the same situation with Ozil,
because... once you don't find an agreement and it lasts, it is not good.
"So it is better you get it out and sit down during
the summer."
Arsenal have slipped to sixth in the league after losing
four of their last six games in all competitions, including a 10-2 aggregate
defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League last 16.
Wenger's future at the North London club has become a key
question, with the Frenchman saying last weekend: "I know what I will do.
You will soon know."
"We suffer a lot at the moment but as well when you
take a little distance and put things into perspective, we are two games behind
and (have) the semifinal of the (FA) Cup to prepare against Manchester
City," he said on Wednesday.
"So our season will be decided on how well we
respond now to the difficult period we have had."
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